2016 American Transplant Congress
When Liver Transplants and Procurement Occur at One Location – A National Study of Graft Survivals.
Organ procurement and placement processes entail complex scheduling, logistics and other administrative challenges, especially when organs travel outside the procuring Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) area.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Sociodemographic and Comorbidity Differences Between Dialysis, Waitlisted and Transplant Patients in the UK: Findings from the ATTOM Study.
IntroductionAccess to Transplantation and Transplant Outcome Measures (ATTOM) is a prospective cohort study involving all 72 UK renal units, investigating factors affecting access to and…2015 American Transplant Congress
Examining Long-Term Survivors in Combined Heart-Lung Transplantation
The goal of this study was to determine variables associated with mortality in combined heart-lung transplantation (HLT).The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database was…2015 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Elevated BMI on Allograft Outcomes: A Competing Risks Regression Analysis
Section of Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
INTRODUCTION: Extremes of BMI has been associated with an increased risk of death censored allograft failure. Traditionally the KM product limit estimate has been used…2015 American Transplant Congress
De Novo Once-Daily Tacrolimus in Liver Transplantation: Long-Term Outcomes of a Single Center Cohort of 150 Patients
Purpose: To describe the long-term safety and efficacy profile of de novo once-daily tacrolimus (Tac QD) in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT)Patients and methods: A retrospective…2015 American Transplant Congress
MELD as a Predictor of Post-Transplant Survival
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
MELD is a reliable tool to predict liver waitlist mortality. Previous studies of MELD and post-transplant outcomes have had conflicting results.METHODS: We used generalized gamma…2015 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of Liver Transplant Among HIV+ Waitlist Candidates
Liver failure is the most common cause of non-AIDS related death among HIV+ patients, primarily due to high prevalence of co-infection with hepatitis C (HCV)…2015 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of ECD Transplantation After Ultra-Long Dialysis Exposure: Implications for Acceptance in the New KAS
Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
The survival benefit of ECD transplantation varies with the duration of pre-transplant dialysis exposure.We analyzed the survival benefit of ECD transplantation (Kidney Donor Profile Index…2015 American Transplant Congress
Association of Pulmonary Hypertension at Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Subsequent Outcomes Following Transplantation
Background - Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is common among patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) who depend on dialysis before transplant, and PH is associated…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Effects of Change in Body Mass Index on Morbidity and Mortality After Liver Transplantation
AIM: Typically, a large BMI (body mass index) is associated with poor health as it can lead to a variety of diseases; we investigate frequency…
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